How do I hunt in Texas?

[bbbass]

There are only 2 real places to eat in Elkton. Folks are categorized by where they eat. lol

Ah, I was always camping, or on the river, not living like a prince.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

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[cbp210]

A LEASE OR HUNTING PRIVATE LAND YOU CAL HAVE FOOD PLOTS FEEDERS AND LEAVE YOUR DEER STANDS WHICH YOU CAN'T DO ON PUBLIC LAND

Unfortunately in some leased lands you still run the risk of your stuff getting stolen. In my past it was usually shady lease members or shady ranch workers. Reason why I sticked to hunting wife family land.

 

[cbp210]

PUBLIC LAND IS WHERE ALL THE DRUNK INBRED REDNECKS GO TO HUNTWHEN THEY AREN'T OUT POACHING DEER!

Even my redneck friend told me the ones we are seeing are what they refer to as 'Trailer Park types". Bottom of the redneck pool.

 

[General Zod]

Just dress in all orange and for that matter paint your face orange too.

Might as well. Once you put on an orange vest and hat, the rest of your camo is kind of irrelevant. The high vis hunting crap always makes me laugh.

Deer can't see red/orange wavelengths. So you're still camouflaged where they're concerned.

 

[Axxe55]

Deer can't see red/orange wavelengths. So you're still camouflaged where they're concerned.

IRC DEER ARE SOMEWHAT COLOR-BLIND BUT THEY HAVE EXCELLENT VISION TO SEE MOVEMENT!

 

[General Zod]

IRC DEER ARE SOMEWHAT COLOR-BLIND BUT THEY HAVE EXCELLENT VISION TO SEE MOVEMENT!

Exactly. And they can clearly see greens and blues. But to a deer, a sunset is just a gradual darkening of the sky...

 

[Axxe55]

Exactly. And they can clearly see greens and blues. But to a deer, a sunset is just a gradual darkening of the sky...

CAMOFLAGE WORKS ON DEEER BY BREAKING UP PATTERNS AND SHAPES!

 

[General Zod]

CAMOFLAGE WORKS ON DEEER BY BREAKING UP PATTERNS AND SHAPES!

Yep. Which makes the orange camo seem like varied shades of shadow and light to them. So pairing it with green camo should work just fine to break up the shape. As long as you don't move around too much.

 

[RevolverGuy]

When you're wearing more orange than a UT football fan you probably good. Look at the Regs!

Why does UT wear orange?

So you can wear it to the game on Saturday, hunting on Sunday, and picking trash on the side of the road M-F.

 

[Fishkiller]

Why does UT wear orange?

So you can wear it to the game on Saturday, hunting on Sunday, and picking trash on the side of the road M-F.

Me Like Em!

 

[striker55]

In Elmer Fudd voice "very carefully."

 

[RevolverGuy]

I don’t “hunt” big game much anymore because most of it isn’t really hunting, IMO.

Most of what passes for hunting is being led by a guide and told what/when to shoot, or sitting a baited blind.

To me, that’s just shooting. Hunting is exploring a large area, getting familiar with it, reading sign, and then stalking or ambushing the game.

There’s not many places in Texas that can be done anymore.

Now I do shoot feral hogs on a small rural property I own. But the only real hunting I do is turkey.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I don’t “hunt” big game much anymore because most of it isn’t really hunting, IMO.

Most of what passes for hunting is being led by a guide and told what/when to shoot, or sitting a baited blind.

To me, that’s just shooting. Hunting is exploring a large area, getting familiar with it, reading sign, and then stalking or ambushing the game.

There’s not many places in Texas that can be done anymore.

Now I do shoot feral hogs on a small rural property I own. But the only real hunting I do is turkey.

Truth Blind or stand hunting aint hunting. It's OK to rid of pigs but for deer not so much. I've done it and it's quite boring. Walking and stalking is the only way to do it for me. Probably why I love hunting Mule deer in the desert and mountain region's.

 

[Sasquatch]

You know everything being discussed is in the regs.

Starting to think you’re from Sweet Home.

Regs should be everyone's first stop. And since OP seems kinda clueless - even though he's a vet and doesnt' need it - I'd take the safety course to brush up and maybe pick up some pointers he's forgotten along the way. Even though he survived hunting public lands in the Tillamook State Forest where every inbred fucktard from Estacada on westward shoots at leaves blowing in the breeze, and the fucking mushroom hunters will jump in front of a buck because they see a goddamned Morel growing on a rotten piece of cedar while dressed all in earth tones... oy veh.

Sweet Home?

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Hey, its not that bad, especially if you've got an attractive cousin or sibling there!

Yes it is.

Sweet home is also a place where couples look related.

Estacada of the central valley...

Ah, like Drain.

Or Estacada of the South Valley...

Hey, I have friends in Drain!

You ever fish the Umpqua for smallmouth bass? The put-in at Elkton is a hoot in my 18' drift boat!! The sides of the channel are 1' from the side of the boat. Oars have to be lifted to miss the rocks. No mistakes...

60-90 fish an hour in the summer is not uncommon east of Elkton. The shad run is great on the Big-K loop. Springers were fun on slow rolling anchovy, but fall salmon on plugs was the thrill.

Unlike the Rogue or Willamette, every rock on the Umpqua is anchored to the earth’s core.

Are you a Tomaslli’s or an Arlene’s guy?

Fished most weekends from my North River. Reedsport, Winchester Bay, Florence, but could walk down to the river before and after work to fish the shoreline.

Fu@k Portland for ruining that state.

You and bbbass are making me miss Oregon now. Stop that shit! Honestly miss the rivers, the lakes, the mountains and the forest. I don't miss the pronouns-on-their-sleeves, ANTIFA, basement dwelling retards of the Willamette Valley and the fubar political landscape.

There are only 2 real places to eat in Elkton. Folks are categorized by where they eat. lol

My late cousin used to work at Tomaslli's in Elkton. I don't remember if he was a cook or a waiter there. IIRC he left that place to go work at a chinese place near Reedsport before he died.

 

[Sasquatch]

Truth Blind or stand hunting aint hunting. It's OK to rid of pigs but for deer not so much. I've done it and it's quite boring. Walking and stalking is the only way to do it for me. Probably why I love hunting Mule deer in the desert and mountain region's.

Difference between hunting, and harvesting. If you're just filling a freezer for meat, stand hunting is alright. But real hunting includes the stalk, and a higher chance of getting skunked.

 

[Sam Colt]

My late cousin used to work at Tomaslli's in Elkton. I don't remember if he was a cook or a waiter there. IIRC he left that place to go work at a chinese place near Reedsport before he died.

I probably et some o' his handiwork. Everything at Arlene's tasted like chicken fried ass to me.

 

[Sasquatch]

I probably et some o' his handiwork. Everything at Arlene's tasted like chicken fried ass to me.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you've been to Portland or Eugene at leace once, to know what that tastes like
I keed I keed. Probably just went to Sweet Home

 

[RevolverGuy]

Truth Blind or stand hunting aint hunting. It's OK to rid of pigs but for deer not so much. I've done it and it's quite boring. Walking and stalking is the only way to do it for me. Probably why I love hunting Mule deer in the desert and mountain region's.

Same here. I like to get out & explore.

I have done a good bit of stand hunting in my time, but never with bait and always in home-made ladder stands that I could move around to where the sign led me.

You do get to see some interesting things, like when I put a stand next to a young bobcats den, or a hawk mistaking my face for food in the pre-dawn light (that’ll wake you up.)

 

[RevolverGuy]

Difference between hunting, and harvesting. If you're just filling a freezer for meat, stand hunting is alright. But real hunting includes the stalk, and a higher chance of getting skunked.

With the rigs I see on the road in the fall, 3/4 ton truck loaded with a $2,000+ commercial blind, $800 feeder, $20,000 ATV on a trailer, who knows how many cellular trail cams, plus the cost of a lease, I think buying a side of beef might be the more economical option.

Then there’s the time & effort involved in setting everything up, keeping feeders loaded, maintaining all that equipment. That’s just tedious work to me.

I’d much rather spend my time & energy having fun exploring, even if I don’t shoot anything.